#170 Soviet Soldiers and the Red Army in World War II w/ Brandon Schechter
The Road to Now
Benjamin Sawyer
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany launched an attack on the USSR that caught Soviet leaders completely off guard. Over the next four years, the Red Army was transformed, as were the lives of more than 34 million men and women who served in its ranks. In this episode, Ben speaks with Brandon Schechter about his new book The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II Through Objects (Cornell University Press, 2019) and how examining the objects used during World War II- from rifles, to shovels, to spoons- can give us a deeper understanding of soldiers' lives and the war as a whole.
Dr. Brandon Schechter is Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University, where he specializes in the history of the Soviet Union and material culture.
The images discussed in this episode can be seen on our website at http://www.theroadtonow.com/episodes/e170.
This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher.
The Road to Now is part of the Osiris Podcast Network.
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| 1:47.9 | The week that this is airing is just before the 75th anniversary of VE Day. |
| 1:54.6 | That's on May 8th. |
| 1:55.7 | And this day marks the day that the Nazi regime in Germany surrendered, ending World War II in Europe. |
| 2:03.0 | So our conversation for this week is perfect. |
| 2:06.1 | It's an interview with Brandon Schechter on his new book, The Stuff of Soldiers, |
| 2:10.8 | A History of the Red Army and World War II through objects. |
| 2:14.8 | It is a fascinating book, and I'll go ahead and say now, we talk about some of the images he uses in the book showing the objects. It is a fascinating book. And I'll go ahead and say now we talk about some of the |
| 2:19.0 | images he uses in the book showing the objects. So if you want to go to our episode page, |
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